In the past few years there has been an increase in what is now being called scareware. It starts with a small piece of spyware that then gives you a popup that informs you that you may be infected, that is where the scareware comes in. The authors of the scare tactic would want you to think that you are infected and even will offer to scan your system for free, (well that is nice of them.) After the scan which is not really a scan but just a way to add more spyware on your system, they will tell you that you have problems and that the only way to get rid of infections is to buy their product. The truth is that you may not have anything wrong with your system at all except that first piece of spyware that started this scare tactic in the first place.
How do you get rid of this scareware and spyware? Install and run a good antivirus like Avast http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html or AVG http://download.cnet.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10320142.html . You should also have a good antispyware program like Spybot Search & Destroy http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html the other thing that you will want to do is run Windows updates. New Windows updates are released ever second Tuesday of the month. You may want to run Windows updates in between as well as Microsoft will release updates on other dates as well. Remember if something on the internet is telling you that you are infected, they are most likely the ones that infected you. A clean computer is a happy computer.
Shawn Michael Clarady
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